404 Peach-Growing 



fruits with relation to one another. The square and offset 

 packs are shown in Plate XXX {bottom). The "alternate" 

 differs but slightly from the offset. If the fruits in the middle 

 box in the same figure were of such size that a given number 

 in the first and each alternate row thereafter exactly filled 

 the space crosswise the box, then in the second and corre- 

 sponding alternate rows with each specimen placed in the 

 angle formed between each two adjacent specimens, there 

 would be one fruit less than in the other rows. Such an 

 arrangement of the fruits is designated an "alternate" 

 pack. The difference betw^een this style pack and the 

 "offset" is relatively slight. The same terms are frequently 

 applied to corresponding arrangements of the fruit in the 

 carrier baskets. 



If a grower desires to make an especially fancy pack, he 

 sometimes wraps the fruit in paper. This is a common 

 practice when the box is used (Plate XXX). The bulk of 

 the commercial crop, however, is packed without wrapping. 

 All packages should be firmly made, and when filled, the 

 covers securely nailed or otherwise fastened in place. If not, 

 the packages will be racked and broken in transit and in 

 handling and the fruit damaged. 



